• Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        You can’t just walk into a doctors office and say My KiD wAnTs tO bE tHe OpPoSiTe GeNdEr and get surgery. That’s not how it fucking works. Go educate yourself, your ignorance is palpable.

        THE FACTS ABOUT GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE

        ●Every credible medical organization – representing over 1.3 million doctors in the United States – calls for age-appropriate gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary people.

        ●Sexual orientation and gender identity are real concepts recognized by major medical and mental health associations — including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry — as part of the normal spectrum of human experience.

        ●“Transition-related” or “gender-affirming” care looks different for every transgender and non-binary person.

        ●Parents, their kids, and doctors make decisions together, and no medical interventions with permanent consequences happen until a transgender person is old enough to give truly informed consent.

        ●Gender transition is a personal process that can include changing clothes, names, and hairstyles to fit a person’s gender identity. Some people take medication, and some do not; some adults have surgeries, and others do not. How someone transitions is their choice, to be made with their family and their doctor.

        ●Therapists, parents and health care providers work together to determine which changes to make at a given time are in the best interest of the child

        ●ALL gender-affirming care is:

        Age-appropriate

        Medically necessary

        Supported by all major medical organizations

        Made in consultation with medical and mental health professionals AND parents

        And in many cases, this care is lifesaving!